NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 352
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 27 July 2012
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 19)
Mrs E C van Lingen (DA-EC) to ask the Minister of Health:
(1) What will be the effects of the roll-over debt of the 2011-12
financial year be on the 2012-13 financial yearâs operational budget
of his department in the Eastern Cape with regard to (a) the salaries
of health professionals, (b) the ambulance services, (c) mobile
clinics, (d) transport for administrative staff and (e) the operation
of (i) hospitals and (ii) clinics;
(2) whether any provisions have been made in the 2012-13 budget to
compensate for the outstanding debt of the previous financial year; if
not, why not; if so, (a) at what stage will his department be expected
to experience financial difficulty and (b) what plans are in place to
fund his department once such difficulties are experienced?
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REPLY:
1) (a) R862,318 m budget deficit for Cost of Employees.
(b) Unaffected as Ambulances are operated by Dept. of Transport.
Staffing is affected as above and the PERSAL Function is taken
over by Treasury and Office of Premier which has to sanction all
staff employment. There was lack of funds to register vehicles
but this is now resolved with Dept. of Transport.
(c) & (d) See (b) above.
(e) Accruals have caused a decrease in budget as indicated below:
Goods &Services - 25.2%
Building & Fixed Structures â 28.7%%
Machinery & Equip â 35.5%
(2) Total budget for the Department is R2,49 billion.
The Department opened the current financial year with accruals of
Goods & Services - R957,52 million
Capex Accruals - R865,72 million; and
Cost of Employees Accruals - R190,12 million,
as well as pressures on its current year Cost of Employees budget of
R478.4 million.
Total = R2, 49 billion.
The Department continues to work closely with National and Provincial
Treasury in making progress in dealing with the above-named pressures,
and to ensure that services continue uninterrupted.
END.